Stalwart supporting actor Allyn Joslyn is afforded a rare leading role in the Columbia mystery meller Dangerous Blondes....
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1943
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Hangmen Also Die is set in Czechoslovakia during the Nazi occupation. Czech loyalist Brian Donlevy assassinates the vicious...
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1943
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This painfully cheap but wildly entertaining PRC production stars a hammy George Zucco in a dual role as the Clayton Twins --...
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Zolarr
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1943
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The plot of the Pine-Thomas adventure quickie Submarine Alert is more than a little beholden to Hitchcock's The 39 Steps....
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1943
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The macabre, overripe war melodrama Prisoner of Japan was produced and directed by the always fascinating Arthur Ripley....
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1942
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Judy Canova plays Bessie Cobb, a kitchen worker at a Miami hotel who happens to have a crackerjack singing voice. The bell...
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1942
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1942
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The fifth film in Universal's "Frankenstein" series goes for the box-office gold by combining two--count 'em, two!--of the...
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1942
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Universal's "Frankenstein" series descended from the "A" to the "B" category with The Ghost of Frankenstein, though...
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1942
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Flying Blind was the third of William Pine and William Thomas' independent productions for Paramount release. The cast...
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1941
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Though set in 1865, The Son of Monte Cristo is a thinly disguised indictment against 20th century dictatorships. Louis...
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1941
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Republic Pictures borrowed William Wright from Paramount but then reduced him to third billing below ace villains J. Edward...
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1941
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Mystery Ship was one of the last of Columbia's pre-Pearl Harbor "preparedness" melodramas. Paul Kelly and Larry Parks are...
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1941
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Dr. Jim Kildare (Lew Ayres) plays Good Samaritan with potentially disastrous results in The People vs. Dr. Kildare. Happening...
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1941
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The Blonde from Singapore was one of several Columbia B-pictures that were presold to exhibitors on the basis of their titles...
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1941
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This soapy drama stars Hedy Lamarr as a would be model who meets a research doctor en route to the US from Europe. They meet...
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1940
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The second entry in MGM's three-film "Nick Carter" series, Phantom Raiders is undeniably the best, and not just by default....
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1940
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In this adventure, the final entry in the "Renfrew of the Mounties" series, the intrepid RCMP officer and his girl friend...
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1940
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In this crime drama, a young man becomes a criminal lawyer after witnessing the police shooting of his father, a thief. Most...
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1940
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Every time that sinister Oriental megalomaniac Dr. Fu Manchu is ready to kill, sounds of strange drums can be heard coming...
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1940
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1939
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Man in the Iron Mask is independent producer Edward Small's 1939 edition of the much-filmed Dumas classic. The title...
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1939
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RKO's Conspiracy attempts to be an up-to-date (for 1939) espionage drama without using such problematic words as "Nazi" or...
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1939
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Who Killed Gail Preston? gets off to a rousing start with a nocturnal prison break which turns out to be the prelude for a...
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1938
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In this action-packed crime drama, an ace reporter declares war on the mobsters that killed his best friend, helps a...
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1938
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In this desert adventure, a cruel commander viciously rules a regiment of foreign legionnaires. They tire of his brutality...
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1938
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At one time Universal's "prestige" director, James Whale had slipped off the A-list by the end of the 1930s; even so, his...
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1938
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Secret agent Jeff Clavering (Alan Marshal) is in the employ of a group of businessmen dedicated to world peace. In order to...
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1938
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Fast Company was another attempt by MGM to match the success of its "Thin Man" films. Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice star...
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1938
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A doctor (John Beal) who loses faith in his skills renounces his profession and hides himself in a variety of jobs. He takes...
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1937
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Beware of Ladies is a lightweight attempt at romantic comedy from the Republic studio mills. Donald Cook, who'd just finished...
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1937
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No relation to the radio program of the same name, The Shadow is a lightning-paced murder mystery with a Big Top background....
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1937
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An uneven mix of '30s crook melodrama and Rose Marie-inspired mountie romance, Renfrew of the Royal Mounted of radio fame...
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1937
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A handful of German soldiers readjust to civilian life in the bitter wake of World War I in this follow-up to the classic All...
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1937
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In this actioner, a tough Coast Guard officer endeavors to marry his lovely daughter to a handsome sailor. The trouble is,...
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1937
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Battling Hoofer is the reissue title of the 1936 James Cagney vehicle Something to Sing About. Cagney plays Terry Rooney, a...
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1936
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After retiring from a boxing career, Johnny Cave (James Cagney) accepts an appointment to serve as head of the Bureau of...
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1936
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A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue in this comedy. Among the passengers is a millionaire bon vivant...
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1936
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Winchellesque radio commentator Perry Travis (William Gargan) fancies himself a brilliant amateur detective; the cops wish...
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1936
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This greatest of all Frankenstein movies begins during a raging thunderstorm. Warm and cozy inside their palatial villa, Lord...
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Karl
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1935
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One of several Liberty productions picked up for release by Republic, The Crime of Dr. Crespi is a modern-dress adaptation of...
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Dr. Thomas
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1935
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The Great Impersonation is based on the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage novel of the same name, previously filmed in 1921....
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1935
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Having fallen from grace at Paramount, musical comedy star Nancy Carroll retreated to Columbia Pictures, known in 1935 as...
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1935
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A vicious spiral of revenge in a traveling circus is the basis for this fast-paced thriller. The circus has stopped to...
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Flandrin
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1933
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A mysterious stranger, his face swathed in bandages and his eyes obscured by dark spectacles, has taken a room at a cozy inn...
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1933
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Bloodsucking winged creatures who may take human shape appear to have returned after centuries of dormancy to the...
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1932
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In this drama, an ambitious lawyer doesn't think twice about convicting an innocent man on circumstantial evidence to...
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1932
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In this crime drama an escaped killer hunts the man who squealed upon him. He stalks the man onto a train bound for San...
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1932
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A varied group of more or less greedy relatives is once again gathered at the reading of a will in this atmospheric thriller...
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1932
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An average entry in Columbia Pictures' Tim McCoy Western series, The Western Code features perennial Bad Guy Wheeler Oakman...
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1932
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Still regarded as the definitive film version of Mary Shelley's classic tale of tragedy and horror, Frankenstein made unknown...
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Fritz, the Dwarf
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1931
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1931
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1931
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"I am....Drac-u-la. I bid you velcome." Thus does Bela Lugosi declare his presence in the 1931 screen version of Bram...
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Renfield
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1931
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Actress Shelah Fane (Dorothy Revier) is in Honolulu to shoot a movie, but her chaotic personal life is keeping her from...
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1931
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In this early talkie, a vicious crime lord (played by Lew Ayres in a rare villainous role) decides that he has had enough and...
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1930
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